title: FlyBase: enhancing Drosophila Gene Ontology annotations.
abstract: FlyBase (http://flybase.org) is a database of Drosophila genetic and genomic information. Gene Ontology (GO) terms are used to describe three attributes of wild-type gene products: their molecular function, the biological processes in which they play a role, and their subcellular location. This article describes recent changes to the FlyBase GO annotation strategy that are improving the quality of the GO annotation data. Many of these changes stem from our participation in the GO Reference Genome Annotation Project--a multi-database collaboration producing comprehensive GO annotation sets for 12 diverse species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK. s.tweedie@gen.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tweedie
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashburner
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Falls
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leyland
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McQuilton
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marygold
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Millburn
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osumi-Sutherland
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seal
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D049750:Genome, Insect; D023281:Genomics; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins